Spelling Bee December 21, 2025 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
200
Pangrams
4
Genius score
140
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BOOTBLACK
- BOOTBLACK
- BACKLOT
- BACKLOT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
100 pts
50%
Genius
140 pts
70%
Queen Bee
200 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- allot
- alto
- atoll
- attack
- backlot
- backlot
- backtalk
- ballot
- blat
- bloat
- blot
- blotto
- boat
- bobcat
- bolt
- boot
- bootblack
- bootblack
- catcall
- clot
- coat
- cobalt
- cockatoo
- colt
- coot
- loot
- lotto
- octal
- tabla
- taboo
- tack
- taco
- tact
- talc
- talk
- tall
- tattoo
- tobacco
- toccata
- tock
- toll
- took
- tool
- toot
- total
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 21, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, C, K, L, O, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 200 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.